{"id":3540,"date":"2013-03-09T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2013-03-04T21:47:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T04:47:14","slug":"trip-report-the-comfy-run-fairfield-inn-suites-newark-liberty-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3540","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report – The Comfy Run: Fairfield Inn & Suites Newark Liberty Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/a>
\nSeattle to San Francisco<\/a>
\nAloft San Francisco Airport<\/a>
\nSan Francisco to Atlanta<\/a>
\nAtlanta to Newark<\/a>
\nFairfield Inn & Suites Newark<\/a>
\nNewark to Minneapolis
\nMinneapolis to San Francisco
\nSan Francisco to Seattle
\nConclusion<\/p>\n

Normally the procedure with getting from Newark Liberty Airport to any of the hotels involves getting the Airtrain from your terminal to P4 which is the main parking terminal and also where all of the hotel shuttles go into. \u00a0However this was not going to happen this weekend. \u00a0The train between all terminals was shut down and not operating at all \u00a0Not good! \u00a0They were bussing people from the terminals to P4. \u00a0It was a MESS!<\/p>\n

The buses had no space for luggage at all. \u00a0So there was people with giant suitcases blocking the aisles, people standing on seats because that was the only space. \u00a0The bus was crap, people were yelling \u201cclose the doors close the damn doors\u201d. \u00a0O did I mention.. it was snowing. \u00a0Add the cold to all of that and I knew that if I had to go through this in the morning as well. \u00a0Jesus!<\/p>\n

By the time we got to P4 I was freezing cold and hiding inside while the people all queued up trying to wait for their shuttle without braving the \u00a0windy cold outside. \u00a0The lighting wasn\u2019t that great so any time a shuttle came close everyone rushed the door, then all of a sudden, rushed straight back when it wasn\u2019t theres.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully I knew ahead of time that my shuttle showed up at 15 minutes and 45 past the hour. \u00a0What I had forgotten to check was what the shuttle looked like and if it was shared with another hotel. \u00a0Thankfully it was not. \u00a0The shuttle eventually showed up and there was a family onboard talking about the food they had missed in mexico (maccas being towards the top of the list apparently) but they shared with me my first ever Twizzler. \u00a0It\u2019s just red licorice though.<\/p>\n

Thank god I did not have to drive to the hotel as all I remember is turn after turn after turn almost going around in circles. \u00a0It was confusing as all hell. \u00a0I never thought I would ever say it but driving in Melbourne can not be as bad as that! \u00a0The hotel looked ok and it was pretty quiet when I arrived. \u00a0Checked in pretty easily and there was literally nothing around. \u00a0Finding food was not going to be easy. \u00a0I was informed the Courtyard Marriott next door had a \u201cbistro\u201d aka a Cafe or their was about 30 or so restaurants that would deliver if I liked and they had all the menus.<\/p>\n

I figured I would check out the Courtyard first so went up to my room on the 6th floor, dropped my gear and took the laptop with me. \u00a0The room itself was small, but not to bad. \u00a0Although basic looking for $44 for the night, what do you expect. \u00a0It had the necessities though. \u00a0Bed, seat, tv, clean bathroom, free wifi. \u00a0Their was breakfast FOC in the morning but I wouldn\u2019t be around to utilize it. \u00a0No biggie.<\/p>\n

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The hotel was what you would expect for a freeway hotel. \u00a0Plenty of space, indoor pool, small gym and guest laundry. \u00a0Lots of car park space and a check in staff who really were ok, but nothing over the top. \u00a0Pretty fine with me! \u00a0I grabbed some coffee from the Lobby (free 24\/7) to keep me warm during the walk over to the Courtyard Marriott next door but got lost getting over there. \u00a0I came back, got better directions and set off again. \u00a0Made it without any hassle this time.<\/p>\n

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The menu was pretty meh so figured I would give the delivery thing a try. \u00a0The lobby had a little market area with some drinks, ice creams etc for purchase so dessert was covered. \u00a0The check in staff gave me a pile of menus and left me to make a decision. \u00a0Eventually after ordering and retreating to my room for a bit my order was delivered direct to my door. \u00a0Pretty awesome work there. \u00a0Could not complain about that. \u00a0With dinner promptly finished I hit the sack.<\/p>\n

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Next morning 2 things were on my mind. \u00a0Gym and effortless process at Newark. \u00a0I hadn\u2019t slept well as the bed (though comfy) was not made properly at all and the fact that I couldn\u2019t get the room anything lower than \u201cfurnace\u201d on the aircon meant I barely slept and that is literally the only complaint I have about the hotel. \u00a0Had those two things not been an issue, I would have no issue staying there again.<\/p>\n

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As I was checking out the breakfast was being set up and the spread looked pretty extensive. \u00a0Next time I stay at a Fairfield (it will be later this year actually) I should hopefully get to enjoy the breakfast. \u00a0The shuttle left dead on the bottom or top of the hour and I planned to get the 530am shuttle to have to then retrace the long stupid process that would be all the more longer than normal. \u00a0However things didn\u2019t happen that way. \u00a0I was dropped off direct at the terminal door thanks to the great driver being convinced by the older couple going to a different terminal. \u00a0This deserved a tip so I slipped him a couple of bucks for it.<\/p>\n

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Would I stay at this particular hotel again? \u00a0Probably not. \u00a0It is in the middle of nowhere with nothing around at all. \u00a0Would I stay at a Fairfield again? \u00a0sure! \u00a0I am setting new rules for my airport stays.<\/p>\n

1. Restaurant or Food options around the hotel.
\n2. If no restaurants around, must have restaurant on site!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction Seattle to San Francisco Aloft San Francisco Airport San Francisco to Atlanta Atlanta to Newark Fairfield Inn & Suites Newark Newark to Minneapolis Minneapolis to San Francisco San Francisco to Seattle Conclusion Normally the procedure with getting from Newark Liberty Airport to any of the hotels involves getting the Airtrain from your terminal to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,8,1,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-expat","category-life-in-general","category-travelling","category-tripreports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p49RU0-V6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3558,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions\/3558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}